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[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VistaideNN:
Went into a Samsung authorised repair center today, they wanted to charge me $50 to have a look at the thing, followed by another $50 to flash it. I don't really want to pay $100 if I can do this myself.

As I've said, it wont go into download or recovery modes, so what else can I try?

Cheers.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] forelli:
Which recovery are you using? 2e or 3f? Because you have the typical error for "unsigned zip file", meaning you didn't root your phone or you lost root along the way. Possible fix: click me and if you bring your phone back to life, just press "Thanks".

f.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Insti75:
Success!

Picked the phone up from the local Samsung Plaza today.

They replaced the mainboard with little or no fuss (under warranty). Maybe some centres aren't equipped with JTAG interfaces or they're not trained in it? I did have to wait a little longer (a day or two) for the mainboard to arrive from the east.

Anyway, my phone works well on the stock Telstra software.

However, I do still want to try Darky's ROM. Instead of repeating my mistake, I would like a personal confirmation that the standard Darky release (v8.0) for the i9000 (or the 'normal' model) will work on a i9000t with 850 UMTS?

Thanks for the thread guys.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Recovery Jig .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] op_111:
have you tried to connect it to the wall charger?

try to connect to the charger (don't connect to the wall) and then enter download mode...it worked for me
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kwith:
I'm not sure which recovery I used, I just found a couple different methods. How do I tell which one I used?

As for rooting the phone, no I didn't do that yet.

I did quite a bit of research before upgrading my phone and I don't recall anyone saying that I needed to root my phone to simply to an upgrade to froyo.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
I did quite a bit of research before upgrading my phone and I don't recall anyone saying that I needed to root my phone to simply to an upgrade to froyo.

no you dont need root .

What may be of more relevance is what upgrade path

Official upgrade or non official or custom rom .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kwith:
Oh this was the official release of froyo. I'm not really too comfortable with custom roms on my phone yet so I didn't want to take a chance screwing anything up.

I updated my phone through kies and it seemed to work fine for a couple weeks. Then just the other day it started giving me a messager process failed, then the twlauncher failed and thats when it crapped out on me

I did some more reading on the mount error, and it says something about the file system not mounting properly but downgrading to 2.1 seems to correct it.

Is there a simple way that I can do this? Or do I have to root the phone and go through all the steps I went through already?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kwith:
I've just tried to downgrade to 2.1 and I keep getting this for a message from Odin:

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

And it just stays there, is there something I'm missing or doing wrong?

I get the PIT file, and the PDA file, I've tried with Re-partition checked and unchecked, phone bootloader update checked and unchecked
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kwith:
Anyone have any ideas? Please, I really don't want to have to send my phone away.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotalCrisis:
[Q] So, my i9000m is now bricked and they refuse to replace it.

Hi,

Alright, so I purchased a Galaxy S i9000m (vibrant) from Bell just under 3 months ago. I've been using the phone under the Rogers network and this morning I woke up and my phone was stuck in a boot loop, I've now discovered that I'm the victim of the internal SD card failing. I took it to a Bell store, who told me to take it to a different Bell store. After driving up there, they gave me a number to call. I spoke to a support agent and they told me I voided the warranty by using it under a different service provider. I am now stuck with a $500 paperweight, seeing how this issue is due to a physical hardware problem that they are aware of, they should replace it. Since the device needed to be activated on a Bell network, they set me up with a 'temporary' phone number that I paid for during the first month, and then cancelled. The number was attached to my Grandfather's Bell account and he is still an active customer. Does anyone have any advice on what action I should take next? Please, I paid a fortune for this phone and for it to just die and stop working a less than 3 months later is really unfair.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lgkahn:
that is total bull**** go back and demand to talk to a supervisor there is nothing in the hardware warranty that says you have to use it for a certain provider.. threaten to sue them if you need too..
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotalCrisis:
Both stores I went to told me they didn't handle repairs, so they pointed to their phone and gave me a number to call. I'm pretty sure as a last resort I could always get my grandfather to take it in and just say it's his phone, but I'd like to avoid that. Would there be any way to get it repaired through Samsung directly? I know the device itself has a 1 year manufacture's warranty, so I should definitely be safe under that regard. I don't understand this at all though, how does unlocking void the warranty? The unlock codes are stored on the device itself, all I did was download an app to spit it out for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baddrunk:
same thing just happened to me today on my Bell I9000M!! WTF!!!:mad:

started to get a bit laggy late this afternoon so I went to give it a reboot. It locked up on the power off menu so I pulled the battery. started back up, samsung logo came on like normal then BLACK SCREEN! same as a few other posts here - the "back" and "menu" buttons light up but that's all. The only way to turn off is to pull the battery.

went into recovery and cleared the cache and did a factory reset. NO LUCK.

i'm NOT rooted.

upgraded to froyo through kies as soon as it came out weeks ago (before they took away for a bit). it's worked fine till today.

no roms, flashings, or anything of the sort.

i'm with you Kwith, i really don't want to have to send it back to get fixed!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] urself25:
Look on this forum. There is a number for samsung in montreal. They will send you a ups label for you to ship it to them.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotalCrisis:
Just what I was looking for, thanks!:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=871592

Someone needs to sticky that.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotdoggie:
Why didn't you just say that you used yours as a tablet over WiFi? I did it, as well as at least 1 other guy here. Since your phone is bricked, they can't check whether yours is unlocked. But as I had already mentioned on another thread to someone else, you NEED to go to a corporate store. Were the 2 that you went to corporate stores? And NEVER say that you unlocked your phone and used it on carrier. HOWEVER, be prepared to be frustrated the hell out of you by those Samsung/Bell jerks.

Now, let me tell you my story. Yesterday, after I found out at the Bell Store where I had dropped off my phone on 13th December 2010 that FutureTel was still waiting for parts to repair my phone. I decided to call Samsung/Bell directly to see what can be done, since people are reporting that they are getting replacements directly from Bell/Samsung (which all the Samsung rep that I had talked to denied, and Bell says that since I don't have an account/cell # with them, they can't do s***). So, I called both Samsung and Bell late yesterday and early this morning (with a total of 5 different agents, 2 were nice and understanding but couldn't do s***, and the other 3 were incompetent a******s), and the only thing they did was to really really piss me off.

Anyway, I guess I was one of the unlucky ones that had the SGS bricked (too soon?), so that mine was sent out for repair on 13th December 2010 instead of straight up replacement. After I spent over an hour with those jerks on the phone, I called FutureTel directly for one last try. You see, I left a message with FutureTel once, but I was never able to get a live rep when I called. Today, a lady actually answered my 2nd call. While we were talking, she told me that my repair was done (replaced motherboard that they had just received this week!). I went online to double check, and sure enough, the status has finally been updated to something like "your phone is being processed for shipment back to the store". And the status has since changed to "your phone is in transit to the store". Had I waited for one more day to check the status, I wouldn't have had to waste my time with any of them.

The biggest problem though, is the inconstancy of services that people have been getting through Bell and Samsung. For example, many people here, as well as the Bell TS guy and the guy at the Bell store, have been saying that people (including non-bell clients) are getting straight replacements now. So, is it because my phone was already sent out for repair, I had no choice but to wait it out? What pisses me off the most is that while many people have reported here that they have gotten replacements shipped directly to them from Bell and Samsung, but when I called Bell and Samsung, they both denied it! WTF!?

I just hope that my phone is fixed for good so that I don't have to do this again. And good luck to you!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
it's stickied under [HOT ISSUES] Indexed Links for All Bell Galaxy S I9000M Problems here!

you just didn't read through them all carefully
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotdoggie:
The thing is that I called that number this morning and they told me that they DON'T ship directly to customer! WTF!? Or, like I said before, is it because my phone is already in FutureTel's possession, so I had to wait it out? Is that it?

Edit: Okay, so I did not read that thread carefully enough. I mistakenly thought that Samsung in Montreal would send out a replacement unit right away along with a return shipping UPS label.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotalCrisis:
Woops, thanks for pointing that out for me.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nightmare56:
dont even mention it's unlocked. they have no way to try it and see, the phone doesn't start up. i got my ups label today. no receipt, and it's unlocked to use on rogers.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TotalCrisis:
I'm in Toronto as well, how long did it take you to receive your label?

Thanks!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kwith:
Sounds like you are running into the exact same problem I had, I've tried I don't know how many different solutions and none seem to work

Still waiting to see if anyone knows anything about the Odin problem
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rajuki:
Can you confirm your OS? 64 or 32 bit Windows?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapper.fishes:
That message means that part of the internal sd cannot be accessed properly. It's either been made read only, or it fried itself. Since you upgraded using the official process, you can take it back for a replacement. Bell i9000M is ingenious for this issue.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesdeer:
Phone completely bricked and out for repair

Hi

I completely bricked (wouldn't even turn on or receive power) my phone a couple of weeks back and it's now at the repair shop where I bought it being repaired under guarantee. My question is, what are they able to tell about the history of it being bricked? It was my first ever attempted at this sort of thing (thus leaving me a bit burnt in terms of whether I would again!). I said I did it upgrading through Kies. Are they able to tell?

Also are they likely to be able to restore it or will it end up being replaced and am I likely to get Froyo with the returned model?

I know these are questions that patience would answer but I'm missing my phone (having been stuck with a terrible Nokia 1800 in the mean time)

Ta in advance
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_at_sgs:
That depends on what you have done with your phone. I think it was not bricked completely maybe you gave up a bit too soon.

It's most likely you get your phone with 2.2.1.

I press my thumbs for you. Good luck!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesdeer:
well I couldn't turn the phone on, get it into either 3 button mode (when could before). Tips like removing the battery and trying different combination with and without it in didn't work. I didn't try the USB jog but the suggestion was this wouldn't work if you had absolutely no power in any situation.

Obviously it's a pain being without but you do get used to it! Still, be nice to come back with everything tip top again!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kwith:
64-bit Windows 7

and I was afraid of that snapper
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtg2:
Incorrect. Your're confusing the reported error above with a diff recovery error. The recovery error you're referencing explicitly states that it can't run an unsigned file.

The error above is associated with sd card failure. I haven't seen a credible report of this problem being solved via flashing (although other errors can be). Call bell for a replacement and tell them it happened after upgrading to 2.2

[edit] Bell calling info: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=894025
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfsmw_gr:
[Q]Bricked galaxy s!![No download mode!!]

Hi.....

I used one click lagfix on my sgs and when the operation was completed the phone rebooted but stuck on galaxy s logo screen....it just can't boot....

the download mode doesn't work neither does the recovery....

Q1.Is there any other way except the usb jig to go into download mode??

Q2.If i manage to enter download mode which rom should i flash??

Thanks for any help!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtg2:
1. Not that I've seen unless you count returning it for repair as an option.

2. Try any stock firmware for your phone first.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AllGamer:
the jig way is the easiest thing

just go to Radio Shack or some electronic place, and build your own
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfsmw_gr:
i'm trying to make the jig but i don't know which wires to connect to the resistor!!

Any help??
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtg2:
Wait. Aren't some people using a hair dryer to warm up the back to get to download mode our is that a practical joke? :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfsmw_gr:
well....i don't think that will work....:P
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfsmw_gr:
Someone...??

Pleaseeeee???? :)
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Search =

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfsmw_gr:
Thank you....just what i was looking for...

I'll try this and post back!!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solidsnew:
market bricked

Hi all,

flashed two days ago to darkys V8. Everything worked gorgious. Since yesterday I had a bug with which I couldn't install or delete any apps anymore. Market starts and shows all apps, then I select an app and the app info opens; all fine but if I try to buy the app or to install it the security window doesn't pop up anymore. So I can click thousand time on Buy or OK but nothing happens (no pop up or anything else).

Already tried to wipe, no change. Already tried to wipe and reflash, works for a while but after the market updates itself I get after a while the same lock again! Thought its a fw issue, flashed to insanity with wipe... same, no change....

If I go to settings and under apps I can see the installed apps, but they all stay on 'counting' (Berechnung), no change and I can't delete any cache or s.th. like that...

Also my apn is gone, can only connect to Inet through WiFi. Also sometimes my usb doesnt work (only charging)....

After 4 of 5 reboots everything works well (for some minutes at least). All the other time nearly nothing works....

I'm completely clueless:(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] staemorieneon2:
[Q] Pls help, I think i bricked my phone

I replaced 'framework-res.apk' in /system/framework/ using root explorer. now my phone is not working after reboot. it's stuck on the booting screen. pls help
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nfsmw_gr:
i removed the plastic cover from the samsung usb cable and tried all sorts of combinations but i still could'nt get the download mode working....

any suggestions?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Last pages of that post somebody sells them on ebay .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
TRY FIRST Factory Reset and wipe all data .

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=723596

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=810686

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=819551

Or flash stock rom with Odin

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Replace rom with stock rom you backed up .

Or flash stock rom with odin .

Its darky you need to ask for fixes .

That fails you need to pay a service centre to fix it .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Silver_172:
The jig is the easiest fix ever i loved makeing it and it went straight into download mode then i could flash useing ODIN Best fix EVAR
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solidsnew:
Just thought it was a common error which can be fixed... I'm now working since last night on my phone and now I'm bricked... There must be a hatch in the backups (and I think that my problems started with Titanium Backup Pro, bricked my phone already once!).....

Did Complete Wipe and flashed again darky. No backup restore at all, everything lost. Now I install the apps I bought and later my favourite free apps, until now everything works like a charm. But it seems I still don't have the latest market (looks like the stock one from 2.1, for real it was my favourite market because it was the most stable and fastest ^^)... If the market gets updated more and more and on final it won't work again: Is there a possibility to install an older market app?

EDIT: After almost 25 apps again the same problem (only market this time). I have no ****ing clue, its like the old 2.2 usb bug where you connected usb and it got recognized but the green android robot didnt appear and you couldn't MTP.... its like something hiding the security warning in the market (but i can view it manually...).....

EDIT2: Booted twice, always the same problem. Turning off phone and taking battery outside for 5 seconds seems to fix it, I can again download apps... Weird
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrwookie6379:
Have you tried clearing the cache on the market and download manager? They can screw them themselves up pretty easy and just need a kick to get them back in line.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solidsnew:
thats the problem, because I already thought of this idea. Now if I have this bug that I can't accept market permissions of the apps I Can't also connect to usb (device recognize it and ask me what todo, but the green droid robot doesn't appear) and if I go to settings>apps informations all apps are shown but on all stands under them "Calculating" (Berechnen), normally this process may take up to 2 minutes but with the bug it doesn't even has an end. And as long as its calculating I can't delete cache. It seems as I could delete market cache with sgs tools, but after reboot the bug is still there. I would flash to another custom rom, but I have seen on insanity that the problem persists

EDIT: cwm recovery; delete dalvik cache, normal cache, set permissions. Can now again load apps... lets look how far it works...

EDIT: Not very far, one app started to download but couldnt install after it again the "bug"
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] staemorieneon2:
thanks it really helped.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kwith:
well I couldn't get any answers that would help so I bit the bullet and sent it into samsung
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesdeer:
edited based on tehpriest response

thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Looks like they tried to flash the bootloader - fail, tried swapping the main board because the CPU was getting very hot - fail, Still not powering up (Does the main CPU board also contain the bios with the bootloader and system flash memory?), Sent to a higher level engineer....
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mr_at_sgs:
It looks like you will get a new phone.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
If the CPU and memory are fried and that report suggests they are and they got nothing off them before failure then there is no way they will be able to tell what you did to the device except............................

.......Reading this thread :eek:
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ozzah:
[Q] help with bricked SGS

Hi, I have a SGS which was running Darky's 8.0

It was all working beautifully for several days until I plugged it in to charge about an hour ago and the screen didn't light up like it normally does.

I held down the power for a few seconds to power off the phone, and held it down again to power it back up.

All my apps and settings were gone. Even the stock apps were gone. The phone wouldn't recognise the SD (internal and external) cards.

I rebooted a few times, trying to get into 3BR but I couldn't get in, it kept booting into the OS.

Now, it won't even get that far. It just sits there saying

Galaxy S

GT-I9000

Samsung

and doesn't get any further.

I can press [vol-] + [home] + [power] and it goes into the yellow android shovelling download mode.

I have Odin, and am assuming that if I had the correct files, I could possibly flash it back to life.

The problem is, I have no idea

1) What model my phone is: asian, european, etc...

2) Where to get the pit/csc/modem files

3) Which pit/csc/modem files I need.

Any help would be hugely appreciated!

Edit:

The information under the battery is:

MODEL: GT-I9000M

IC: 649E-GTI9000M

FCC ID: A3LGTI9000M

I hope that helps in identifying which files I need.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] maxx2878:
Go to samfirmware.com
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] morphjk:
Okay this should really be in the Q & A section but anyway here goes:

You can download some firmware from Samfirmware. Link here you need to sign up.

I would grab one of the European firmwares and flash that. Probably grab a 2.1 firmware then once you up and running you can flash Darky's again or something else.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ozzah:
Yeah, that really doesn't help.

Thanks, that's what I needed. I wasn't sure which version and which edition to download. I'm downloading XWJM9-XXJM4 now. Will let you know how it goes.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bohdans:
Hi, I believe the I9000M has an issue where the internal SD card fails. The only fix is to return it for repairs. I do not have a I9000M so I am just going off what I have read on this forum.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JJEgan:
Better guess would be the installed ROM thats the problem as with so many help posts .

jje
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] solidsnew:
I just wanna cry:(... Now I installed the latest fw from samsungfirmwares.com with odin, flash went without problems... Phone works, but after some apps installed the bug comes again... No I have a fresh XY firmware without root and e3 and the error still persists.... Please there must be any advice for me?!